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AMY DINKAR-PATEL leads the Commercial Distribution channels for TD Bank, driving growth and cultural innovation in Specialty Lending, Treasury Management, and Product and Payments covering Large Corporate to Small Business Banking clients. As Executive Vice President, she steers the bank’s organizational vision by increasing stakeholder engagement, deepening brand awareness, and strengthening relationships with clients. One

MICHONE J. RIEWER, a Partner at Lake Bluff-based Strategic Divorce, loves helping people and solving problems. “Being a divorce attorney allows me to do this every day,” says Riewer, who holds a Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law. “We help people through the hardest time of their lives.” She has been practicing

At the Eleven Twenty Seven Group at Morgan Stanley, Financial Advisors, DANELLE PARKER, CFP® and STACEY BARRINS, CFP® see their clients as more than a portfolio of assets. “We build relationships and establish trust through consistency and follow-through. Clients know we are accountable and understand how proper financial planning, portfolio allocation, and comprehensive estate and

When Winnetka native CHA MCDANIEL bought a home on the North Shore about 27 years ago, the process was anything but smooth. “Buying and selling real estate should be a much happier experience,” she remembers thinking. From this positive attitude, service-oriented focus, and a desire to bring clients win-win results, a real estate star was

A 1994 graduate of Northwestern University, NICOLE CARRABINE put her bachelor’s degree in Social Policy to work in political fundraising before opening Twiss and Altounian Consulting— raising money and planning events for political candidates and nonprofit organizations. In 2002, she joined her family’s construction firm, Altounian Construction, as a project coordinator and property manager. While

APRIL GRAVES is an award-winning photographic portrait artist, storyteller, and inspirational speaker who uses her talents for good. In addition to creating artistic portraits through Light Drawn Studios, she has championed such philanthropic projects as Beautiful Things with Wings, an ongoing initiative that has raised more than $750,000 for WINGS Program Inc., which supports survivors